Mon, Dec 7 at 8:00pm: Staff Pick introduction by Evan
Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Evan, who says: “When describing this movie, I often find myself at a loss and leaning back on the tried and true…“you just gotta see it.” And you so do. It’s intricate and sage, but then slick and cheeky. It’s about art forgery in Ibiza, but then Orson Welles is doing close-up magic and talking about Cathedrals. It’s prescient and sensational in its structure, but endlessly playful. It’s about a million different things at once, but really only about one thing. F FOR FAKE is the medium at its most incorrigible and a must see for all who know the appeal of a good lie.”
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F FOR FAKE, a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career — the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies. Beginning with portraits of the world- renowned art forger Elmyr de Hory and his equally devious biographer Clifford Irving, Welles embarks on a dizzying journey that simultaneously exposes and revels in fakery and fakers of all stripes — not the least of whom is Welles himself. Charming and inventive, F FOR FAKE is an inspired prank and a clever examination of the essential duplicity of cinema.
